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• A key to the classical pronunciation of Greek and Latin proper names, in which the words are accented and divided into syllables exactly as they ought to be pronounced; with References to Rules, which Show the Analogy of Pronunciation, To which is added, a Complete Vocabulary of Scripture Proper Names, Divided into Sylsables, and accented according to Rules drawn from Analogy and the best Usage. Concluding with Observations on the Greek and Latin Accent and Quantity with Some probable Conjectures on the Method of freeing them from the Obscurity and Confusion in which they are involved, both by the Ancients and Moderns. By John Walker, Author of the Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, &c. &c
  by: Walker, John
  Published: (1798)
• "A selected, pronouncing and accented dictionary : Comprising a selection of the choicest words found in the best English authors. Being an abridgement of the most useful dictionaries now extant; together with the addition of a number of words now in vogue not found in an dictionary. In which the definitions are concisely given, the words so divided as to lead to the present mode of pronunciation, and by a typographical character, the sound of the vowels and accented syllables are distinctly pointed out; and the parts of speech noted and explained for the use of schools in America. By John Elliott, Pastor of the Church in East-Guilford, and Samuel Johnson, Junr. Author of the School Dictionary." In addition to the above, the work contains some general observations on the derivation of words, and an explanation of the inseparable prepositions, together wit a table correcting common errors in spelling and pronounciation[.]
  by: Elliott, John
  Published: (1800)
• An essay on the different nature of accent and quantity : with their use and application in the English, Latin, and Greek languages: containing Remarks on the Metre of the English; on the origin and Aeolism of the Roman; on the general History of the Greek, with an account of its Antient Tones, and a defence of their present accentual marks. To which is subjoined the Greek elegiac poem of M. Musurus addressed to Leo X. With a Latin version and notes. The second edition, corrected and much enlarged. Containing some additions from the papers of Dr. Taylor and Mr. Markland. With a reply to Dr. G's. second dissertation in answer to the essay. By John Foster, M. A. Late Fellow of King's College, Cambridge
  by: Foster, John
  Published: (1763)
• An essay on the different nature of accent and quantity : with their use and Application in the pronunciation of the English, Latin, and Greek languages; containing an account and Explanation of the of the ancient tones, and a defence of the present system of Greek accentual marks, against the objections of Isaac Vossius, Henninius, Sarpedonius, Dr. G. And others. By John Foster, M.A. Late Fellow of King's College, Cambridge
  by: Foster, John
  Published: (1762)
• Accentus redivivi : or, a defence of an accented pronunciation of Greek prose; shewing it to be conformable to all antiquity; together with an Answer to the Objections of Mekerchus, Isaac Vossius, Henninius, and other Modern Opposers of Greek Accents. By William Primatt, M.A
  by: Primatt, William
  Published: (1764)